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Book: Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Chapter: a. The Experience of Archetypes

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43654

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Symbols are meaningful to us through the associations made by our bodies, and archetypal symbols particularly help us to fulfil long-term embodied needs. These needs may be to achieve goals, avoid threats, form relationships with others, and fulfil wider potential; but they are not always fulfilled if the association becomes rigidified.

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